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Oh, holy shit. Banlieue 13 is the hottest movie in the world. The two leads are both insanely hot just standing still, but when you slot in the fact that they themselves did all the stunts, including some of the most sleek, gorgeous parkour imaginable... Just, holy mary mother of god. Produced and co-written by Luc Besson and directed by a cinematographer, so it looks gorgeous from that perspective as well. The plot is basically your standard dystopian near-future action flick, but it's well put together and moves super fast, and the dialogue works, at least as far as I can tell with my high school French and the subtitles. And I desperately, desperately want the soundtrack. Basically, this movie is awesome, and an absolute must-see for anyone who likes action movies. And I finally get to read that one B13 fic I know exists... I wonder if there are more. It's got 2 requests and 9 offers for Yuletide, so I can at least hope, right?
Incidentally, the making-of feature could be fodder for any amount of RPS. (The director? Also pretty hot with his crazy sticking up dark hair and rectangular glasses, I gotta say.) And they all seem to totally adore each other. The guy who plays the antagonist was also a co-writer and seems quite jolly and fun, the one girl in the film is adorable, the other main antagonist is apparently the sweetest guy in the world, one of the leads was the fight choreographer and the other is one of the founders of parkour -- and they didn't know each other beforehand and are now good friends.
Totally worth the 85 minutes plus however long the making-of was, and the two+ weeks I've had it from netflix, too, for that matter. I might just need to get myself a copy...
Incidentally, the making-of feature could be fodder for any amount of RPS. (The director? Also pretty hot with his crazy sticking up dark hair and rectangular glasses, I gotta say.) And they all seem to totally adore each other. The guy who plays the antagonist was also a co-writer and seems quite jolly and fun, the one girl in the film is adorable, the other main antagonist is apparently the sweetest guy in the world, one of the leads was the fight choreographer and the other is one of the founders of parkour -- and they didn't know each other beforehand and are now good friends.
Totally worth the 85 minutes plus however long the making-of was, and the two+ weeks I've had it from netflix, too, for that matter. I might just need to get myself a copy...